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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1879.

Extending Jurisdiction of the Resident Magistrate's
(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and author
rity me vested in this behalf by "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867," I, James Prendergast,
Esquire, the Administrator of the Government of
the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim
and declare that, from and after this fifth day
of March instant, the jurisdiction of the Resident
Magistrate's Court for

THE CHATHAM ISLANDS DISTRICT,

as the same is defined in a Proclamation bearing date
the twenty-ninth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-seven, shall be extended
to fifty pounds.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
James Prendergast, Esquire, Administra-
tor of the Government in and over Her
Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and
its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of
the same; and issued under the Seal of
the said Colony, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this fifth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-
nine.

G. S. WHITMORE,
(for the Minister of Justice.)

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Reserves for Canterbury High Schools.

(L.S.) JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the fourth section of "The Christ-
church Boys' High School Act, 1878," the
sixteenth section of "The Timaru High School Act,
1878," and the sixteenth section of "The Ashburton
High School Act, 1878," it is respectively provided
that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners ap-
pointed under "The Education Reserves Act, 1877,"
for the Provincial District of Canterbury, to select
and set apart certain reserves for the maintenance
of the high schools respectively established under
the provisions of the said Acts; and that, on the
Proclamation of the Governor that such reserves have
been selected and set apart for the said high schools,
such reserves respectively shall absolutely vest in
the Boards of Governors in the said Acts severally
mentioned:

And whereas Andrew Duncan, Esquire, the
Reverend William Gillies, Henry Porcher Lance,
Esquire, John Marshman, Esquire, and George Lilly
Mellish, Esquire, are the School Commissioners ap-
pointed under the said "Education Reserves Act,
1877," for the Provincial District of Canterbury, and
they have selected the reserves described in the
Schedule hereto, in accordance with the terms of the
several Acts hereinbefore mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, Esquire,
Administrator of the Government of the Colony of
New Zealand, in exercise and in pursuance of the
powers and authorities vested in me by the said several
recited Acts, do hereby proclaim and declare that
the reserves, particulars whereof are described in the
First Schedule hereto, have been selected and set
apart for the Christchurch Boys' High School, as
provided by "The Christchurch Boys' High School
Act, 1878"; and that the reserves, particulars whereof
are described in the Second Schedule hereto, have
been selected and set apart for the Timaru High
School, as provided by "The Timaru High School
Act, 1878;" and that the reserves, particulars whereof
are described in the Third Schedule hereto, have
been selected and set apart for the Ashburton High
School, as provided by "The Ashburton High School
Act, 1878."

ERRATUM. In New Zealand Gazette No. 17, of 13th February, 1879, on page 217, Civil Service Examination, No. 45 in
order, for "White, James Winsbury," read "White, John James Winsbury."